Bail related law in India and role of an experienced criminal lawyer
The criminal procedure code mentions in detail the bail law in India and its application. The section 2 (a) of this law says that bail able offence are those offence that are treated as bail able in the first schedule. The first schedule of the criminal procedure code defines offence under penal code in India and divides them into bailable and non bail able offences. This division has been made on the nature of the crime. All the offence , which entail imprisonment of three years or more are considered non bail able and rest are given bail able status . The procedure for the grant of the bail also has been given in the sections of the criminal procedure code. The amount of money, which is given as security at the time of release of the person is not mentioned in the code. That discretionary power has been vested in the court to fix the amount of money paid at the time of release. Bail process - When a person is arrested for any crime, the person is taken to the polic